Ash sifter



March 17, 1936. J. BOCHE-NEK ASH SIFTER Filed June 6, 1935 Patented Mar. 17, 1936 PAT T 3 Claims.

This invention appertains to ash sifters of the shovel type, and has for one of its primary objects the provision of means whereby ashes can be scooped up by the implement and sifted directly therein, whereby to facilitate the handling of the ashes, and to lessen and cheapen the labor usually attached to such work.

Another salient object of my invention is the provision of an ash sifter embodying an elongated supporting and manipulating handle having attached to its forward end the body or scoop for receiving the ashes, said body or scoop including a foraminous lower wall for receiving and sifting the ashes, and side and end walls for retainingthe ashes thereon, the side and forward end walls being pivotally mounted, so as to permit the same to be swung parallel to the bottom wall to allow the'convenient scooping up of the ashes on said bottom wall, the said front and side walls being thereafter movable at right angles to the bottom wall.

A further important object of my invention is the provision of novel means operable from the rear end of the handle for moving the front wall and the side walls to their scooping position, and. to their ash-retaining position.

A still further object of my invention is to provide an improved ash sifter of the above character, which will be durable and efficient in use, one that will be simple and easy to manufacture, and one which can be placed upon the market at a reasonable cost.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and formation of parts, as will be hereinafter more specifically described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved ash sifter showing the front and side walls in their lowered position for receiving ashes.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the front and side walls moved to their closed position for retaining ashes on the scoop.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary plan view of the rear end of the handle showing the operating lever in its position for maintaining the walls in their elevated position.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal section through the front of the scoop, taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is a transverse section through the improved implement, taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows, the body of the scoop or sifter being shown in rear elevation.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the letter A generally indicates my improved ash sifter, which includes an elongated supporting and manipulating handle [0 and the ash-receiving body or scoop ll.

The ash-receiving scoop or body H can be formed from any desired materials and fashioned in any desired manner, and, as shown, the same includes a bottom supporting wire frame l2. This wire :frame I2 is preferably formed from a single strandof wire bent into a rectangular form, and the wheat the front and rear ends of the frame is twisted together to form front and rear upstanding standards l3 and i4. Rigidly connected tothebottom wire frame I2 is the bottom .wall l5, which is formed from foraminous material, such as heavy wire netting, but obviously this wall can be formed from sheet metal and provided with closely arranged openings.

To complete the body, front, rear, and side walls l6, l1, l8, and I9 are provided. The rear wall I! is rigidly secured in place against movement, and can be firmly connected with the wire frame l2 and the rear standard M. The front wall It and the side walls l8 and I 9 are provided with hinge barrels 20, which are mounted on the stretches of the wire bottom frame l2. By this arrangement the front and side walls can be swung on the bottom frame, as will be readily understood.

The front standard l3 carries a collar 2| which is clamped about the front end of the handle I0. One strand of wire of the rear standard I4 is extended and placed through an opening 22 formed in the handle I9 intermediate its ends. A nut 23 is tapped on the strand to hold the handle rigidly in place. This forms a. simple method of attaching the body to the handle.

Means is provided for raising and lowering the front wall i6 and the side walls l8 and I9 from the rear end of the handle, and this means includes a double-armed lever 24, which is rockably mounted inter-mediate its ends on the standard l4 directly below the handle l9. The opposite ends of the lever 26 are operatively connected, through the medium of links 25 and 26, with pivot ears 2'! carried respectively by the side walls !8 and I9. The lever 24, at one side of its pivot, also has rockably connected thereto the forwardly extending link 28, the front end of which is pivotally connected to a pivot ear 29 55 carried by the front wall 16 intermediate its upper and lower edges.

Rockably mounted on a pivot bolt 30 carried by the handle ID adjacent to its rear end, is an operating lever 3!. This lever 31 at one side of its pivot, has rockably connected thereto the operating link 32, the forward end of which is connected by means of a pivot pin 33 with the double-armed lever 24 between the link 26 and the link 28. a

By swinging the operating lever 3|, the doublearmed lever 24 can be rocked on its pivot, and the swinging of this lever will move the walls I6, l8, and i9 on the bottom frame to their open or closed positions, as the case may be.

When the walls are in their open lowered position, the same lie parallel with the bottom wall l5. Hence, the implement can now be used similar to a shovel for scooping up the desired amount of ashes, after which the operating lever 3| can be swung rearwardly to move the walls I6, I8,

and I9 to their raised position for retaining ashes within the body.

The body can now be shaken by the handle so that the line ashes can be sifted through the bottom wall I5 to retain the unburned coals Within the body.

From the foregoing description, it can be seen that I have provided an exceptionally simple and durable ash sifter of the shovel type.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit or the scope of my invention, but what I claim as new is:

1. An ash sifter comprising a body, including a for-aminous bottom wall, upstanding, centrally disposed longitudinally alined standards extending up from the opposite ends of said bottom wall, a manipulating and supporting handle rigidly connected with said standards, a rear wall for the body, and front and side walls pivotally associated with the bottom wall, said front and side walls being movable to a lowered position parallel with the bottom wall, and to a raised position at right angles to the bottom wall, and means for simultaneously raising or lowering the front and side walls.

2. An ash sifter comprising a body, including a foraminous lower wall, a rigid rear wall, and pivoted front and side Walls, the front and side walls being movable to a lowered position parallel with the bottom wall, or to a raised position at right angles to the bottom wall, upstanding, centrally disposed longitudinally alined standards carried by the opposite ends of the bottom wall, a supporting and manipulating handle secured to the standards, an operating lever rockably connected to the handle adjacent to the rear. end of said handle, a double-armed lever rockably mounted intermediate its ends on the innermost standard, links pivotally connected to the ends of the last mentioned lever and to the side walls of the body, a forwardly extending link pivotally connected to the last mentioned lever and to the front wall, and an actuating link operatively connecting the double-armed lever with the operating lever.

3. An ash sifter comprising a body, including a marginal wire frame, upstanding standards formed on the frame from the wires thereof, av

foraminous bottom wall connected to said frame, front and side walls rockably mounted on said frame, a rigid rear wall mounted on said frame, a manipulating and supporting handle rigidly connected to the standards, and means for simul-,

taneously swinging the front and side walls on the frame.

JOSEPH BOCHENEK. 

